Essence Award, Essence magazine, 1988; named Gamma Sigma Gamma Woman of the Year,1990; honorary doctorate, Lincoln University 1991; Ebony Black Achievement Award, 1992; an alternative public school in Detroit was named The Mae C. Jemison Academy, 1992; Alpha Kappa Alpha, honorary member. By the time she was thirty-one, Mae Jemison had received a double major in Chemical Engineering and African-American studies and had served as a doctor in the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone. gale.cengage
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20 March 2003 Sierra Leone Medical Officer Dr. Mae Jemison: "Dr. Jemison embodies self-determination, creativity and the importance of giving back to one's community," says museum president Christy Coleman. peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2021262.html
